‘It gives us great hope’: mom of missing US serviceman says video is authentic

A video of Alexander Drueke expressing his love for his mother has not yet been validated by the state departmentThe mother of an American military veteran who volunteered to defend Ukraine from Russian invaders and was reportedly captured recently said a video of him expressing his love for her gave her “great hope”.Lois Drueke told the Guardian on Friday that she believes the video of her son Alexander Drueke – distributed by Russian state media – is authentic because o